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OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects.

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The Wikimedia Foundation found evidence of "rogue" agent activity from OpenAI on its projects after investigating.

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“OpenAI “rogue” agent activities found on Wikimedia projects Given how tempting a target wikis are for rogue agent swarms, it's not a huge surprise that Wikipedia found evidence of that activity once they went looking: The Wikimedia Foundation conducted its…”
Simon Willison's Weblog, 07 Oct 2026, 00:16.

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